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[Continued from page 111] destination first, where it properly belongs (v. 23). 5. He preached Christ’s Descent into Hell (v. 27), but he is careful to use the Greek word “ Hades,” thus clearly distin guishing this temporary abode of departed spirits from the “ Gehenna” of final doom, a distinction unfortunately not made clear in the Apostles’ Creed. 6. He preached the Resurrection of Christ. This central truth, in fact, occup ies the largest place in the sermon because Peter understood clearly that it constituted the “key-stone” of Christian doctrine, the evidence and proof of everything else of importance (vs. 24-32). Also, as a Spirit- led preacher, Peter emphasized the thing most needed by that particular audience. This may vary, depending on circum stances. 7. He preached the Ascension of Christ, foreseen by the patriarch David, now be come a historical reality (vs. 33, 34). S. He preached the Intercessory Minis try of Christ, the first fruit of which was the sending of the Holy Spirit (v. 33). 9. He preached the Finished Work of Christ, at least by implication. “ It was not possible” for death to hold Him, says Peter (v. 24). But it would have been possible if He had not paid in full the debt of sin. Without complete atonement, there could have been no resurrection. 10. He preached the Final Victory of Christ, when all His foes shall become the footstool of His feet (vs. 34, 35). 11. He preached the Second Coming of Christ. All the great audience was com posed of Israelites (vs. 5, 22), and when Peter declared that the crucified Jesus would sometime sit upon the throne of David (v. 30), every intelligent Jew un derstood that that statement meant His re turn to earth, just as the same' preacher affirmed in his second sermon (Acts 3 :19, 20 ). 12. He preached the Deity of Christ. It was implicitly involved in practically all that Peter had said about His Messianic claims and rights, but particularly in the doctrine of His Lordship (vs. 34-36). Mrs. Slosson, in one of her beautiful stories, tells of a mother who buried her two-year-old boy, and gave up all her Sun day-school and church work, and spent much of her time weeping over her child’s grave. She was there on Easter Sunday, not think ing what the day was, when she heard a choir singing, “ He is not here. Why seek ye the living among the dead?” She was struck with a sense of the selfishness of her grief, and took up once more her work of witnessing concerning her risen Saviour. —Adapted from The New Illustrator. Peter’s First Sermon A cts 2:1-36 Memory Verse: “ The Lord is risen in deed” (Lk. 24:34). Approach: Last week we talked about how Peter and the other disciples tried to make the Lord Jesus stop telling them that Golden Text Illustration A cts 2:32
soon He was to die. They couldn’t believe that this was true. They didn’t want Him to talk about it. And now, because today is Easter, we are going to skip part of our story of Jesus’ life as it was written down by John Mark, and talk about
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